Kochi: Differences have surfaced in the crisis ridden Congress over the candidature of party presidentship with two senior MPs in Kerala opposing the nomination of Shashi Tharoor, media reports said. Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, said that it was Tharoor’s unilateral decision to contest, the reports said. While K Muralidharan, MP, said those who had allegiance with …
Kochi: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi’s mother Damayanti amma passed away at Amritapuri today, media reports said. She was 97 and was suffering from age related ailments, reports said. Her husband Sugunanda pre deceased her. Kasturi Bai, late Subhagan, Sugunamma, Sajini, Suresh Kumar, Sateesh Kumar, Sudheer Kumar are her other children, reports said. Rishikesh, Shaji, Rajini, Geeta, …
Kochi: In a major relief for former premier Imran Khan, a High Court in Pakistan has absolved him from Anti terrorism charges for allegedly making remarks against cops and the female judge. The division bench of the Islamabad High Court directed to drop charges against Khan as his remarks would not attract provisions of Anti …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan today accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of making intervention seeking extension of Kannur University Vice-Chancellor. Addressing reporters at Thiruvananthapuram, Khan said Pinarayi wrote three letters and visited in person to recommend for his candidature. The Advocate General was sent to give legal advice in support of Pinarayi with the …
Kochi: Karnataka today rejected all the three rail projects suggested by Kerala citing environmental reasons. The Kanhangad-Kaniyur and Thalassery-Mangaluru railway projects were rejected as they were not beneficial to Karnataka and also they would cause harm to ecology, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters in Bengaluru after his meeting with Kerala Chief Minister. Kerala …
Kochi: Kerala is witnessing an unprecedented political crises following the Governor Arif Mohammad Khan falling out with the Left government on different issues including his security. The state is looking forward to know more about the letters the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had written to the Governor who is going to bring them before public …
Kochi: Auto driver Anoop, 30, won the Rs 25 crore bumper promoted by Kerala government in connection with the Onam festival. Anoop bought the lottery last night from Bhagavati Lottery Agency, Pazhavangadi, run by his relative. A native of Sreevaraham in Thiruvananthapuram, Anoop will get Rs 15.75 crore after all deductions. Anoop was planning to go …
Kochi: A total of 1,200 gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sold to the public through e-auction in connection with his 72nd birthday, media reports said. The Ministry of Culture began the auction through web portal http://pmmementos.gov.in on Saturday and will conclude on October 2, the reports said. A statue of Lord Ganesha, …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan tonight met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Thrissur on Saturday. They held parleys for about thirty minutes in the house of an RSS activist in Thrissur. The Governor left after the discussion. The meeting assumes significance as the Governor and the Chief Minister are engaged in a fierce war …
Kochi: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chief Mukesh Ambani offered prayers at Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayur near Thrissur today, media reports said. Ambani, who reached the temple at about 5 PM pm, offered Rs 1.51 crores as offering to the temple. Mukesh was accompanied by his younger son Anant’s finance Radhika Merchant, RIL director Manoj …
Kochi: Endangered Asiatic cheetahs are back in India after a gap of seven decades from 1952 when they were declared extinct. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released three of the eight big cats imported from Namibia in Africa into Kuno National Park near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh coinciding with his 72nd birthday today, media reports said. …
Kochi: Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) floated by former Congress Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will merge with the BJP on September 19 in Delhi. He and a few MLAs will join the party in the presence of BJP president J P Nadda. Singh had recently met the Prime minister and Home Minister. Capt Singh had …
Kochi: One of the greatest tennis players, Roger Federer, 41, is quitting professional tennis following fitness problems and a series of surgical interventions. He will quit top-level tennis after the Laver cup in London this month, media reports said.He has won 20 Grand Slam titles and number one in five seasons. He has not played …
Kochi: A video of a stray dog intruding into the sanitised zone of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi is becoming viral. The security driving it away and the dog continuing to loiter in the vicinity of the Chief Minister is worth watching. At a time when Kerala is groping in the dark …
Kochi: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested six persons in connection with the rape and murder of two minor Dalit girls in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and other offences including section 302 of the IPC. The accused were identified as …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan continued to stand firm against the LDF government’s intervention in university matters. Khan said that he would not allow the government to make any illegal appointments in universities in the state. The Governor said that he was not a rubber stamp and that he would not allow the state …
Kochi: BCCI president Saurav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah could continue in officeas the Supreme Court allowed the BCCI to remove a law that prevented them from continuing in office for completing six years, media reports said. A BCCI law called the ‘cooling off’ period prevented them from continuing in their positions after completing two …
Kochi: In a major blow to the Congress, eight Congress MLAs in Goa joined the BJP on Wednesday bringing down the strength of Congress to three in the assembly. There were eleven Congress members in the Goa assembly. The defectors included former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, leader of Opposition Micheal Lobo, wife Delilah Lobo, Kedar …
Kochi: Passengers and crew members of a Kochi-bound Air India Express flight had a providential escape due to timely detection of smoke in the aircraft before take off from the Muscat International Airport today. A total of 141 passengers including children and six crew members were evacuated through the safety slides of the IX-442 aircraft, …
Kochi: After meeting for the first time on the sets of ‘Fukrey’ in 2012, actors Richa Chadda, 36, and Ali Fazal, 35, have decided to become life partners, media reports said. After dating for about seven years, Fazal of ‘Three Idiots’ fame, first proposed to Richa in 2019 and they decided to get married in …
